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Since the drafting of eIDAS in 2014, there has been a renewed interest from businesses, particularly in Europe, in secure cross-border trade using digital services. Initiatives such as the Mobile Connect-eIDAS pilots, both in 2015 and the upcoming pilot, which demonstrate how mobile networks can be used to identify an EU-citizen of one Member State … Continued

Marta Ienco, Head of the Government & Regulatory affairs, Personal Data As we draw closer to the implementation of the eIDAS Regulation in September 2018, both governments and private-sector service providers prepare to capitalise on its impact. Designed to enable citizens to carry out secure cross-border electronic transactions such as university enrollment, bank … Continued

Download presentations from the event Shanghai—A broad array of MNO’s across Asia have underscored their commitment to Mobile Connect after revealing how the identity solution is central to their aims of enabling more digital services and revenues across the region. During last week’s industry event ‘Deploying Mobile Identity Services Across Asia’ at Mobile World … Continued

The recent collaborative agreement between the GSMA and the FIDO Alliance, the ecosystem for standards-based, interoperable authentication, is a sign that the digital community is moving closer towards delivering a mass-market identity solution. Forged in May this year, the partnership will explore how FIDO Authentication and Mobile Connect complement each other from both a … Continued

Asia is experiencing a rapid transformation of its digital services. According to Mary Meeker’s 2017 Internet Trends Report, mobile has surpassed both desktop computers and TV’s as the China’s most popular means of consuming media, while In India, mobile is now responsible for a staggering 80% of web traffic. This presents the region’s service providers … Continued

Gautam Hazari, Technical Director, Identity, GSMA We are in a race against time to develop defences capable of dealing with increasingly dangerous cyber threats, security experts have warned. This was the consensus among the wider mobile industry’s leading security experts at last month’s Mobile 360 Series Privacy and Security conference in The Hague. The event, … Continued

See below for a list of digital identity demonstrations in the GSMA Innovation City Across the Asia, Mobile Connect is being incorporating into a variety of services. From finance through to customer services, the digital identity solution is demonstrating how it can add a new dimension to services with secure and convenient identity. Now available to over … Continued

Although data breaches and cybercrime are increasingly the hallmark of the age we live in, last week’s WannaCry attack has drawn out uniformly strong calls for the wider tech industry to improve security. Affecting more than 150 countries and high profile institutions such as the Russian Interior Ministry, China’s Zhejiang University and the UK’s NHS, WannaCry ransomware has … Continued

Industry event reveals how Mobile Connect has evolved well beyond its authentication moorings LONDON — Last week, global leaders in the mobile industry and adjacent sectors convened in London to discuss the increasingly pressing need for an identity solution that meets the needs of both national and global service providers. Central to the debate … Continued

‘Cybercrime keeps Climbing’. This was one of the principal findings from PwC’s Global Economic Crime Survey 2016, and a reminder that many businesses are unprepared for -or do not understand- the security threats of the digital age. Surveying various businesses, PwC’s report found that many companies have already suffered severe economic loss as a result … Continued

With over 3 billion enabled users worldwide and its federated distributed architecture, Mobile Connect is a leading example of a mobile identity and authentication solution for governments, mobile network operators and private sector service providers. Having been designed to meet eIDAS requirements, there are many ways in which the identity solution can be used … Continued

Mobile World Congress revealed many ways in which mobile technology is evolving to deliver a new range of digital services. Inside the event’s GSMA Innovation City, we were given a glimpse of how improvements to network speed, coverage and power are helping to connect everything and anything. Essential to the success of all new … Continued

The security of customer data has never been more crucial. In our digital world, the risk of fraud has reached unprecedented heights and consumers are increasingly cautious about entrusting organisations with their data credentials. This presents organisations across multiple sectors with a whole host of challenges, with the need for equilibrium between data security … Continued

The identity landscape is beginning to evolve at breakneck speed. With new financial legislation set to introduce plethora of commercial opportunities yet potentially create a number of challenges, demand for high-security authentication is growing rapidly across the board. At Mobile World Congress 2017, experts from the mobile, payment and government sectors convened at an … Continued

Authorisation and integration with emerging technologies are two of Mobile Connect’s advances at this year’s GSMA Innovation City showcase Identity is quickly becoming a priority for the wider digital community; developing new apps and connecting everyday devices may now be a simpler task than ensuring that they operate securely and in such a way … Continued

Three of the most renowned brands in the music industry, Sony Music, Universal Musicand Warner Music Group (and their playlist brand, Topsify), have united through Kuack Media Group to provide content for a demo of a new mobile-based music streaming app, Mobile Connect Music. Specifically designed to leverage the security and reliability of mobile networks, the app allows users to log … Continued

See below for a list of digital identity demonstrations in the GSMA Innovation City Across the globe, mobile network operators and digital service providers are incorporating Mobile Connect into their services. Growing interest from the commerce, banking, travel and government sectors reflect the critical need for a global, interoperable digital identity solution to support … Continued

Marta Ienco, Head of the Government & Regulatory affairs, Personal Data Analyses of the potential of the global digital economy often conclude that advanced economies have the most to gain from digital technology. For example, the World Economic Forum’s ‘Global Information Technology Report 1016’ names 34 of 35 OECD nations in their list of … Continued

Mobile Connect will be available for use with the GSMA’s ‘SDG in Action’ mobile app from February 21st as part of a major update ahead of this year’s Mobile World Congress. Users will now be able to log-in to and use the app simply by entering their mobile phone number. Once registered with Mobile Connect, people will … Continued

New guidelines have been released by industry trade association SIMAlliance that aim to simplify the deployment of Mobile Connect. The guidelines, ‘Mobile Connect SIM Applet Interoperability Stepping Stones’, are designed to simplify interoperability of interfaces of the SIM, authentication application, over-the-air (OTA) platform and the mobile signature service provider (MSSP) platform, in the event that they are … Continued

Mobile Connect will be present at this year’s Mobile World Congress 2017 – the world’s biggest mobile event. The digital identity solution will be featured in a series of seminars, speeches and of course, demonstrations in the GSMA Innovation City. Mobile World Congress 2017 will take place at the Fira Gran Via, Barcelona, February 27 – … Continued

The GSMA’s Marta Ienco, Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs for Personal Data, has been named by identity experts, One World Identity, in their list of top 100 leaders in identity. Published earlier this month, the list identifies the world’s foremost thought leaders in this space as measured by industry clout & influencer status, number … Continued

Marie Austenaa, VP and Head of Personal Data & Mobile Identity, GSMA One of the most noticeable trends in 2016 was the growing preoccupation with hacking, data breaches and the revaluation of digital identity. Yet throughout the year, one of the potential solutions to these global concerns, Mobile Connect, was making strides forward. By February, … Continued

Dubai—When asked to imagine a thriving industry in the Middle East, most of us will immediately think of oil. But in recent years, the region’s economy has diversified, breathing new life into its tech sector. It was a fitting location then for Visa’s Digital Payments Hackathon on November 25th – 26th, an event which … Continued

Marta Ienco, Head of the Government & Regulatory affairs, Personal Data That the future of public services is digital is becoming increasingly apparent in Europe and internationally. Italy, for example, has launched its nationwide Public System for Digital Identity Management, or SPID, which facilitates faccess to e-government and public services by citizens … Continued

Marie Austenaa, VP and Head of Personal Data & Mobile Identity Programme at GSMA In April this year, the World Retail Banking Report from Capgemini reported significant improvements for banks’ customer experience. A significant amount of progress can be attributed to the investment that banks have made over the last year to enhance their digital … Continued

Gautam Hazari, Technical Director, Personal Data, GSMA ‘Identity’ is a word often used to mean subtly different things. The Oxford English Dictionary defines it succinctly as “The fact of being who or what a person or thing is”; ISO29115 prefers the broader “Set of attributes related to an entity”. Identity, therefore is not a singular characteristic but … Continued

With the mobile industry accounting for 6.5 % of the country’s GDP, it forms a crucial part of India’s economy and acts a key driver of the country’s Digital India campaign. These are amongst the reasons why the industry’s annual regional engagement conferences, the Mobile 360 Series, now includes India; with the inaugural event held … Continued

This report was produced by Deloitte India for the August edition of Communications Today. An estimated 650 million people will be online in India by 2020, with the mobile phone acting as the primary device for access. Today, c. 60% of the search queries and 70% of e-commerce transactions take place on mobile. By 2020 c … Continued

Gautam Hazari, Technical Director, Personal Data, GSMA The Internet of Things (IoT) will transform a great many facets of daily life. One casualty of this coming change which tends to go unnoticed, however, will be the traditional username-and-password method of online authentication. The advent of the IoT will quickly render that present norm outdated. The coming … Continued

There has been a history of doubt over the security credentials of mobile payment solutions. Consumers have generally seen traditional methods such as physical credit cards as ensuring greater safety from fraud, and have been sceptical that mobile payment can offer the same level of protection. At the extreme end of caution, these fears have … Continued

India is now the world’s fastest-growing major economy, its growth rate having overtakenChina’s in Q1 of this year. Total consumer spending on the subcontinent is set to exceed$3.6 trillion by 2020, and e-commerce sales totalled an estimated $7.7 billion in 2015 – up from $5.3 in 2014. Competition for market share in this booming digital … Continued

SHANGHAI—Mobile Connect, the rapidly growing digital identity solution, has gained further momentum after it was demonstrated that it can provide secure authentication for Microsoft’s Azure Active Directory B2C. The demonstration, which took place inside the GSMA Innovation City at Mobile World Congress Shanghai, gave people the opportunity to use Mobile Connect to securely log-in into … Continued

SHANGHAI—Mobile Connect, the rapidly growing digital identity solution, has gained further momentum after it was demonstrated that it can provide secure authentication for Microsoft’s Azure Active Directory B2C. The demonstration, which took place inside the GSMA Innovation City at Mobile World Congress Shanghai, gave people the opportunity to use Mobile Connect to securely log-in into … Continued

Mobile network operators China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom have pledged to ensure that Mobile Connect will be interoperable in China. As a result, the digital identity solution will be available for use on apps and internet services regardless of users’ operator. The agreement, which was made at the Mobile World Congress Shanghai seminar ‘Mobile Connect … Continued